Suvendu Adhikari with Hasirani Rath in Nandigram’s Birulia on Friday
Oct 6 is an auspicious day to build a friendship. “The BJP candidate is also an elected panchayat official from Chandipur (Nandigram block 3). In 2021, you elected me without expecting anything in return. In 2026, you made me chief minister. On Oct 9 (result day), I want people to see that the same voters who made me CM have voted for lotus again. Speaking in Birulia, where Banerjee was injured while campaigning in the 2021 assembly polls, Adhikari alleged that a bandage was put on her uninjured leg.
Kolkata/Nandigram: “None of you has to chant Jai Shri Ram if you don’t want to,” CM Suvendu Adhikari told voters in Nandigram on Friday as he reached out to the sizeable minority population in the seat ahead of the Oct 6 bypoll. Prime Minister Modi works for everyone and the chief minister will also work for everyone,” he said. Attending back-to-back rallies in Nandigram on Friday, Adhikari promised to “do three times as much for you as I used to do as an MLA”. Explaining why he vacated Nandigram, the CM explained that vacating Bhabanipur would have given the “rejected candidate” (Banerjee) another chance to contest and added, “Don’t feel hurt. I will prove how she insulted all of Birulia and Nandigram,” he said.
He added that the bypolls in Nandigram and Rejinagar, a Muslim-dominated seat, offered minorities the best opportunity to extend a hand of friendship to the saffron party. “Will our minority brothers and sisters keep turning their faces away from us? You will not get a better opportunity than this. Shake hands, build a bond. She will offer additional support from here. Whatever public services I used to provide will continue. Come rain or cold, you will find me here. Nandigram is my seat of honour. So, why do I need to ask? “Her own doctors wrote in reports that there was no fracture. If needed, and if challenged, I will produce these. I am also the home minister now.